With Jim Harbaugh’s 3-0 Streak at Stake, Sherrone Moore & Co. Take Huge NIL Step to Neutralize Ohio State’s Tactics
In the cramped corner of Michigan locker room, Sherrone Moore had aimed for one thing: an explosive offensive line to elevate their 2-0 dominance to 3-0 over Ryan Day and Co. on 25 November 2023. Little did he know that the ultimate responsibility of taking that 3-0 to 4-0 would nest on his shoulders in 2024. It is quite a task, first season as a Michigan head coach, the responsibility of carrying on the pre-eminent streak against their arch-rivals, the Ohio State, and the all-important hopes of the Maize and Blue fandom. Sherrone Moore means serious business this time, both on and off-field against Ohio State.
On-field would be a business to be taken care of on 30th November 2024 at the Ohio Stadium when the Wolverines would clash with the Buckeyes. Until then, Moore has made some intriguing developments to take over the off-field dominance from Ohio State as well. The former head coach, Jim Harbaugh, might have successfully secured a 3-0 win against Ryan Day last season with their 30-24 win, but Moore is planning something more, something bigger than this. Ohio State is still well ahead of Michigan in terms of being a NIL giant, thanks to their partner company ‘The Foundation’. Moore is planning to overtake that as well.
“There will be a relationship between Champions Circle and this agency similar to what they have at Ohio State and Texas.”
This sure sounds promising!
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The official partner of Michigan athletics is Champions Circle, owned by the Valient Management group. Per the latest development reported by Chris Balas of the Wolverines, “The Valient Group is set to partner with a National firm in a significant move for Michigan NIL.” This would mean a whole new NIL world opening up for the Michigan athletes, potentially soaring Michigan to great heights in the NIL market space. Maybe even to the level where their arch-rival Ohio State currently stands. Jared Wangler, Valient’s co-founder, confirmed it, saying,
“There will be a relationship between Champions Circle and this agency similar to what they have at Ohio State and Texas. The objective is to continue to bring a ton of marketing deals for Michigan student-athletes.” For Michigan, this would be big but what about Ohio State? Will it, in any way, leave behind all the hefty investments Ohio State has made for the NIL?
Ohio State and its big hold on the NIL market
Ohio State has not held back from its spending spree, especially this year, to further cement its position as the top NIL giant in the mix. Their first move was a $13 million one to land the standout athlete Caleb Williams, who was valued at $906,000 by ON3 valuation, along with other offensive linemen.
Ohio State has made some major investments in the past as well. Their former players boast quite an impressive NIL profile: some of the best WRs in the CFB like Marvin Harrison Jr. at $1.2 million, Emeka Egbuka at $978,000, and signal caller Kyle McCord at $857,000.
Even ‘The Foundation’ is co-founded by a former Buckeye QB Cardale Jones, who led the team to the CFB National Championship in 2014. Michigan had JJ McCarthy with an NIL valuation of $879,000, without the deal. Now that the deal is locked, will Michigan smoothly overtake Ohio State off-field, in terms of NIL as well?
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